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I'm having difficulty identifying a part. According to the parts drawing I have its called: Loop 504187
If you can verify the part for me or tell me what it is. See attached pic. Thanks for reading and your assistance.

Great info. Many thanks!!! Let me ask a couple more questions. 1. While things are apart is there any other parts I should consider replacing. For example should I replace the belts? 2. I suppose it's best to do this on a bench and not while the motor is on the way tubes, correct? 3. And I suppose t...

I was turning some small bowls today (D or E on speed control, I had just started the unit was cool) when the unit started making some noise that didn’t belong. Thinking it’s been some time since I oiled the sheeves and speed control I decided normal maintenance was the answer. While on the way tube...

I've had COPD for years (ex smoker) but it wasn't much of an issue until recently. After a bout with Covid I was given a prescription for oxygen support. I need it when I'm active. I have a tank hooked to the wall and 20' cannula running across the ceiling towards the middle of the shop. I drops dow...

That explains it, thanks!

We have a really old dinning room set, purchased in the 70's. We got it from a outfit that refinished old furniture. One of the chairs had a sticker on the bottom of a seat that said it was from Sears 1926. Anyway the glue has given out in many of the joints and I'm taking each chair apart, cleaning...

Thanks for all the ideas/suggestions. Here's a couple of pics of the project for anyone who was wondering what I was making. It's Shut the Box game.

Someone commented that I didn't specify my problems relative to cutting the miters. So I'm hoping I can post a couple of pics, but the focus is eh. On the first pic the corner chipped out. (I used a general purpose blade...maybe I should have used a cross cut blade? Pic 2 looks terrible and Pic 3 th...

I generally avoid making boxes with miter joints because my results are disappointing, to me, so I make a box joint or some other alternative. But I decided I can improve my results with a jig. And that's really what I'm asking about. I came across a jig in ON HANDS Nov/Dec '84. I wondered if anyone...

I'm working on a bird feeder. The sides of the hopper are acrylic. I scrolled out a couple of silhouettes of birds and want to glue them to the acrylic. I tried CA glue but when handling the feeder to refill, being careful, the decorations fall off. (It's been chilly with temps around 0.) Thanks for...